A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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traction kippomobiJe, horse traction;
mccamq'Vie, power traction;
triple , (r. r.) triple traction (three locomotives).
train, ra., train (in many relations); (aero.') train
(of kites) ;
d'atterrissage, (aero.) landing chassis, under
carriage;
baladeur, (mach.') sliding gear;
bis, (r. r.) second section of a train;
& couloir, (i". r.) corridor train;
electrique, train of trolley or other electric
vehicles;
express, (r, r.) express train;
facultatif, (r. r.) occasional train;
former un , (r. r.) to make up a train;
defourrage, (mil.) forage train;
dejour, (r. r.) day train;
de nuit, (r. r.) night train;
planetaire, (m-ach.) planeta
epicyclic gear , equalizing gear;
de ravitaillemcnt , (mil.) supply train;
regulier, (r. r.) schedule train (every day);
sanitaire improvise, (mil., med.) emergency
train, improvised train;
sanitaire de premiere ligne, (mil., med.) hospital
train, sanitary organization at the front.
train-ambulance, m., v. train sanitaire de premiere
ligne.
tralneau, m., (art.) slide or cradle, gun slide,
trainee, f., (afro.) drift, trail;
angle de , Wail angle;
de feu, trail of fire.
traine-pattes, m., (mil. slang) ration wagon.
trainglot, m., v. tringlot.
train-parc-cantonnement, m., (Fr. a., r. r.
eng.) raihvay cantonment (railway engineer
troops) railway quarters.
train-poste, m., (r. r.) mail train, mail.
trait, m., (mil. siy.) dash (of a code).
trajectolre, f., (art., sm. a.) trajectory; (art.) travel
of projectile in the bore (rare); passage of projectile
through armor plate (rare); (aero.) flight
path.
tranche, f., (drawing) section; (modi, gun.) gas-face
(of the driving piston);
horizon-tale, horizontal section;
verticale, vertical section.
tranchee, f.. (ma., etc.) trench; (strictly speaking,
tranchee is a procedure, a particular method of
digging);
d'avant-postcs, outpost trench (in front of first
line trench);
s en breteiles, (mil.) (lit. suspender trenches)
splaying trenches;
dc circulation, passage, circulation trench;
de combat, synonym of de tir. q. v.;
dc degorgcmcnt, (siege) draining trench;
de depart, trench from which, an attack
starts, departure trench;
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double, v. dc doublement:
de doublemcnt, circulation trench, (trench
parallel to dc tir, and some 30-40 m. behind
it); cover trench;
clement dc , (a short trench out in front of and
parallel to the first line trench, and communicating
with it by a ditch or trench); trench
element;
trench;
force, bored trench (bored, then blasted out);
blasted trench;
a gabions, flying sap;
fausse , dummy
guerre de , trench warfare;
lads des s, network of trenches:
en pcigne, (mil.) comb-like trench (due to the
existence of embrasures);
de premiere ligne, first line trench;
& projectiles, (trench art.) projectile trench
(open magazine);
de repit, refuge trench;
retourner une to , turn a captured trench
against its original occupants; to reverse a
trench;
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tranchee sous bois, trench in a wood;
dc sout,icn, support trench (150-200 ra. behind
first line trench);
de support, bombing trench;
- de' survciUance, lookout trench (in advance of
the tranchee dctir); if there is no lookout trench
the lookout is stationed in the first-line trench,
for that reason sometimes called de surveillance;
inaccurate);
de tir, firo trench, first-line trench;
dc tirfermee, closed fire trench (i. e., closed on
itself so as to form a sort of inclosed work).
pour tireur couche, lying trench;
pour tireur debout, standing trench;
pour tireur b genou, kneeling trench;
transbordement, ra., (r. r.) change of cars; (in
gen.) transfer (from one vehicle to another).
transfert, m., transfer.
transformateur, m., transformer; (wireless) jigger;
& haute frequence, liigh, frequency transformer,
oscillation transformer, air-core transformer;
de vitesse, (much, auto.) gear shift, gearshift
lever.
transformation, f., (dec., etc.) transformation;
rapport de , (elee.) ratio of transformation.
transmission, f., transmission; (mach.) shaft;
par chaines (mach.) chain transmission;
flexible, flexible shaft.
transport, m., (nav.) troop ship;
automobile, (mil.) transportation by motor
car;
en commun, public transportation of passengers;
& dos d'animaux, pack transportation;
& dos d'homme, carrier transportation;
gros , heavy transportation, transportation
of heavy baggage, stores, etc.;
sur roues, wagon transportation, wheeled
transportation.
transporteur, m., (art.) crane.
transvasement, m., (mach.) gas return (intentional
before closing of admission valve).
transversale, f., (mil.) a synonym of paraltele.
travail, work, labor;
aux fords & perietuite, (law) hard labor for
life;
aux forces & temps, (law) hard labor for a
limited time;
militaire, (mil.) mounted drill (Saumur);
sur deux pistes, (man.) two track work;
sur une piste, (man.) single track work.
travailler, v. t., to work;
sur deux pistes, ( man.) to work on two tracks;
sur une piste, (man.) to work on one track.
travers, in., breadth;
de , (sm. a.) of a bullet, keyhole wise (mark
on target).
traverse, f., crosspiece, crossbar; (r. r.) sleeper;
defourche, (mach. gun.) fork transom;
a pivot, (mach. gun.) top carriage support
(pack);
tournante, (fort.) cube traverse, island traverse.
tiaverse-blocknaiig, m., (mil.) sort of defensive
traverse.
traversee, f., (mil.) crossing, passage, of a river.
traversfee-jonction, f., (r. r.) crossing (two tracks);
double, double crossing (switch to either track
in both directions);
simple, single crossing (crossover possible
from one direction only).
trebucher, v. n., to trip.
treiilage, m., trellis;
dc cage a lapin, chicken wire netting;
metaUique, wire fencing.